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MILTON AN' H W HEINZEB, 0 ABSECQN .N E S Y- TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Jan, 11, 19145,

Application filed ,August 13, 1914. Serial No. 856,569.

2 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON ANTHONY HEINZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Absecon, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto toys and more particularly to toy pistols or guns, and the like. l

The principal object of this invention is to shoot forth a toy in the form of a figured bird adapted to sail through the air.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device whereby the actuating spring is retained from movement until the trigger is depressed.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device whereby the actuating spring is so fastened as to be retained from displacement when under tension.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be hereinafter more clearly set forth in the specifications and pointed out in the claim.

similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the drawings, in which,

Figure 1, is a longitudinal sectional elevational view showing the device loaded and positioned for discharging the load. Fig. 2, is a like view showing the device after it has discharged its load and with the load in course of sailing through the air.

In the drawings, 1 is the body of this device composed of any desirable material. and in this instance, preferably composed of tin, and bent into the form of a pistol, said body portion comprising the handle portion 2. stock portion 3, and barrel portion 4, said barrel portion being of uniform diameter throughout its length, and said device has a trigger guard 5 attached to the lower part of the stock adapted to guard or protect the trigger.

The trigger 6 is suitably mounted within the body of the stock portion of the gun being pivoted for this purpose, as at 7, and

the handle portion 8 of said trigger projects beyond the body of said device through a suitable slot 9 formed in the walls thereof, and within the confines of the said trigger guard At a suitable point within the stock portion of the toy a trigger spring 10 is mounted, said trigger spring having an angular offset portion 11 with a suitable aperture therein adapted to seat over the end 12 of the trigger, this spring combines to restore the trigger to normal position after the same has been depressed, and at the same time to retain the spring actuated piston in suitable position for purposes of discharge, this piston being hereinafter more fully described in detail.

Suitable longitudinally running slots 13 are formed in the stock portion of the pistol in which is seated and adapted for longitudinal sliding movement therein a piston block 14, this piston block having a suitable depending portion or lug 15, adapted to catch over the offset portion 11 of the trigger spring 10 previously described to be retained in position for discharge. A suitable piston rod 16 projects from the piston block 14 and has on the end thereof a piston head 17 adapted to snugly reciprocate within the barrel portion 4 of the toy and adapted to discharge a. figured device 18 upon the actuation of the piston. At a suitable place near the head portion of the barrel 4 a bushing member 19 is suitably fastened, as at 20, to the barrel, said bushing being composed of any suitable material but preferably of wood. A central aperture 21 is formed therein adapted to freely pass the piston rod 16, and also adapted to pass the end of a spring 22. The aperture 21 has an enlarged diameter portion 23 adapted to retain the coils of the spring 22 when the same has been released from tension. One end of the spring 22 projects through the aperture 21 and has an ofl'set portion 24 which is suitably fastened, as at 25, to the bushing 19.

This arrangement makes a strong fastening for the spring. The opposite end of the spring is run through a suitable aperture as indicated in dotted lines at 26, in the block 14, the end portion thereof being offset, as at 27, and suitably fastened, as at 28, to the depending portion .15 of said block 14.

snugly seat within the barrel portion a of;

the toy.

In operation the block is suitably drawnto the rear of the slots 13 until the depend ing portion or lug 15 thereof slides over the angular portion of the spring 10 to thereby allow said spring 10 to respond in front of said depending portion 15 by means of its angular portion 11, in which said block number 14 is restrained in this extended position. This act forces the spring 22 under a tension and at the same time forces the piston rod 16 and the piston head 17 to the rear, as plainly shown in Fig. 1, until said piston rod 17 nearly contacts with the bushing member 19. This allows a free space in the barrel portion 1 in which the figured device is placed until its tail portion 31 thereof contacts with the outer face of the piston head 17. The toy is then pointed off into the air at any suitable angle, and the trigger handle 8 is depressed to the rear, thereby withdrawing the spring 10 from the depending portion or lug 15 of the block member 1%, releasing said block member to allow the spring 22 to return to its normal position, which act discharges the figured toy into the air, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The instant the figured toy is free of the barrel 4; the spring actuated wings 29 and 30 thereof are forced into their extended position which causes the figured toy to sail through the air while its momentum of discharge continues.

Having now described my invention what r adjacent said stock and provided with a central aperture, a piston rod secured to said piston block centrally thereof and project ing through said apertured bushing, a piston secured upon the projecting end of said piston rod within said barrel and forwardly of said apertured bushing, a retractile' spring interposed between said piston block and said bushing and surrounding said piston rod, the forward end of said spring projecting through the aperture of said bushing andhaving an upturned angular portion secured to the forward side of said bushing, the rear end of said spring projecting through an aperture formed in said piston block and having a downturned angular portion secured to the rear side of the lug of said piston block, a trigger spring provided with a depending angular offset for engaging said lug for retaining said piston block in rearward position and said spring under tension until released, said angular ofi'- set provided with an aperture, and a trigger having its upper end projecting through the aperture of said angular offset of said trigger spring, whereby to release said piston block for projecting said piston forwardly under the. tension of said spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON ANTHONY HEINZER.

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washington D. G. i 

